Search our collection

16mm films, videotapes and sound recordings from British Railways Research, Derby

Collection of approximately 480 items from British Railways Research, Derby, documenting research, procedures and locomotive tests. Mainly 16mm film reels, as well as one 35mm film reel, one 8mm film reel, one Super 8 film reel, 10 sound recordings and 2 video recordings.

Clear all filters
Category
Object type
Material
Maker
Place
Date
Recorded notes on a study relating to ISO containers and Elevated Twist Locks. Includes a description of a model depicting a new style of freigt yard with no cranes.

Audio cassette 'Elevating Twist Lock'

Print; U28 / Can almost empty, only a detailed shot list and few feet of films with title "Engineering Research Division British Railway Board Derby" no pictures, no reel / Note on label: "September 1976, for AW titles removed film from I93/1 added to end (APT runs)";400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Dynamics of Railway Vehicles'

1976
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Chardesden fire tests'

Negative Master; U120 / 12/11/1979 / Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Water Circulation in Tank Containers reel 1'

1979
Print; U110, not written on can / 06/04/1978 / Three films linked / BR RES J65502, RL322 / Silent / Can 1 of 3;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Hornsey coupling tests 1'

1978
Print; U13 / March 1971 / 2 reels in can: 2 prints or reversal master and print / Colour, Silent, reversal master and reversal print;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fastening Plastic Ducting to Rail Sleepers Manchester'

1971
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fire tests on seats

Print; U107 / 20/05/1978 / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Lateral Transfer Rig at Derby Research'

1978
Negative Master; U80 / 1976-1977 / 08/04/1977 /Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 4;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Brake rig Rotherham'

1977
Print; X103 / B&W;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Drop Hammer'

British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fire tests on seats

Negative Master; X62/4 / No title on can, could correspond to Pan Test Widmerpool according number / 2 rolls in can, BR Research rolls No.195 and 196 / 28/04/1980 / B&W, Silent; 800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm ' Untitled Negative Master X62/4'

1980
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Smoke tests MKIII coach'

One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set from British Rail Research. The lecture set comprised audio and film, however the film reel is missing.

1/4 inch magnetic audio tape of sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set

1000 feet reel, no note or label / Brand 3M Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Company Ltd., Birmingham

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'untitled'

British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Smoke tests on class 31 loco Donscaster/Newcastle/Doncaster'

Copy; I89 / Title on can and first frames / Colour, Magnetic sound / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Controlled Destruction Test on Spandrel Walls of Horns Bridge Chesterfield'

Print; X3 / 500 fps 64 25 written on can / also written "C.W Pope, Aerodynamics" and " Ford screen test Sierra rear breakage"/ Colour, Silent / Magenta; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Ford Sierra rear screen breakage test'

Original camera; X96 / Colour, Silent / Reversal; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Grove Park II Tests 6-9'

Print; I58 / 400 feet metal canister / BR Research roll No.66, 07/02/1969 / Title on first frames: Shunting tests with prototype steel carrying wagon No.920500, BR Research Department / Colour, Silent;400 feet cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Prototype Steel Wagon Shunting Test Scunthorpe'

1969
Print; X61 / Return to Dr. M. G. Pollard written on label / Title on first frames: Magnet lift-off / Colour, Silent / Slightly magenta / Maglev lecture film, different footage spliced onto one reel of approx. 600 feet, footage of test tracks and vehicle, track switching, test of magnet (print of negative X118 and X128), and BTF film 'Maglev'; 800 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Maglev lecture Heavetable'

Print; "1805" on small label / Inside can note listing detailed content: "Glass, Thermic lance on Safe, Thermic lance on sleeper, Thermic title, Attack on floor safe title, Yale…" / Faded print according note / X12 not written on can but could correspond according BRB X series list;1000 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm '1805'

British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Smoke tests on class 31 loco Donscaster/Newcastle/Doncaster'

Negative Master; U116 / 08/1979 / B&W, Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Window Tests on Lev reel 1'

1979
Audio cassette, sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set from British Rail Research. The lecture set comprised audio and film, however the film reel is missing.

Audio cassette of sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set

Unexposed Negative; Colour negative unexposed, tape around metal box, in yellow kodak cardboard, 100 feet reel; 100 feet Eastman Kodak yellow case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Unexposed negative'

Print; U111 / 06/04/1979 / B&W, Silent / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Testing of Bcf Fire Extinguisher'

1979
Offcuts; U113 / 26/04/1979 / Colour, Silent / Can 4 of 5;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Detonator Tests Mickleover reel 4'

1979
Negative Master; U113 / 06/04/1979 / BR Research roll No.336 / Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Detonator Tests Mickleover reel 1'

1979
Print; 05/07/1970 / Title on first frames, nothing written on can / B&W; 100 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Failure of Shielded Potential Transformer, Colchester'

1970
Negative Master; U115 / 08/1979 / Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Wheelset Derailing Tests Etwall reel 1'

1979
Print; U113 / 06/04/1979 / Colour, Silent / Edited print / Can 5 of 5;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Detonator Tests Mickleover reel 5 '

1979
Copy; Thames television label / BR Research roll No.292 according leader / 14/12/1976 / Colour, Magnetic sound / Title on first frames: "5% Phosphorus EMU Simulation Initial Speed 30 m/s (67mph); 800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Sweeny 'Jackpot''

1976
Original camera; Cardboard case and metal canister / U9 / "Radcliffe on Trent" on box, / "Completed" / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Edited original reversal / Radcliffe-on-Trent, laying concrete ? / Approx. 580 feet; Carboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Radcliffe Test Site'

Copy; U97 / 1971 after title / 27/07/1977 / Can 1 of 1 / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta;800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Faraday Lecture'

1977
Print; U109 / "Titles for meetings in…" on label, title from first frames + "BR Safety Tests 1976" / 20/05/1978 / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Sodium Polysulphide Corrosion Tests'

1978
Negative Master; U110, not written on can / 06/04/1978 / Three films linked / BR RES J65502, RL322 / Three films linked / Silent / Can 2 of 3;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Hornsey coupling tests 2'

1978
Print; I77/2 / Lane End Prods Ltd on Reeds label / Colour, Silent / Reversal print;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Computer Train Control'

Print; I80 / BR Research / CM&EE / B&W, Silent;800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Riding Tests Scotland'

Negative Master; U113 / 26/04/1979 / Colour, Silent / Can 2 of 5;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Detonator Tests Mickleover reel 2'

1979
Small reel, Philips brand, no label, no canister

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'untitled'

Copy; Railway Industry Association on can / COI label / Reels 1 & 2 on one reel / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'British Locomotives'

Negative Master; U83 / 10/02/1977 / On leader: British Rail R2C/D 01/11/1974 / Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Consolidator'

1977
Copy; BTF label / Extract from #3 "Having a Fresh Look" / 200 feet / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta;400 feet cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'SR AWS at Bournemouth and continuous train control at Friargate'

Copy; I73/2 / Title on BTF label and first frames along with BR double arrow logo / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Automatic Warning System with Cab Signalling Display'

Print; Not the original can / I88 / Film laboratories doc: 11/07/1972, print for best projection / Colour, Silent / Magenta;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Skate Freight'

1972
Print; U83 / 10/02/1977 / On leader: British Rail R2C/D 01/11/1974 / Silent / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Consolidator'

1977
Print; X100 / BR Research roll No.393 / 03/03/1983 / Perforations ripped badly damaged at the end of the roll / Colour, Silent / Magenta;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Unloading St Mary's'

1983
Offcuts; I88 / Note inside can, 08/08/1972, Scate Freight offcuts / Print offcuts / Colour, Silent / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Skate Freight'

1972
Copy; Inside brown film travel box / X85 / According box post label, sent from Armco Ltd. London to Mr B.J.M. Purcell in Dublin / Armco label on can / Title on first frames followed by credits: "presented by the ARMCO International Corporation, Wilding Picture Productions" / B&W or colour?, Optical sound; 1200 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Economy Through Flexibility'